Car-fender



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G. W. OAKLEY.

GAR FENDER.

Pad-tented Nov, 20, 1894.

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GEORGE \V. OAKLEY, OF MANCHESTER, NEW JERSEY.

CAR-FENDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 529,460, dated November20, 1894.

Application filed May 4, 1894- Serial No. 510.032.

T0 aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. OAKLEY, a citizen of the United States,residing in the township of Manchester, county of Passaic, and State ofNew Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Car-Fenders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a fender for street and railwaycars, of simple, strong and durable construction, reliable in operation,and which fender can be easily taken 0d of one end of the car andrearranged on the other.

The invention consists in the improved removable car fender and in thecombination and arrangements of the various parts thereof, substantiallyas will be hereinafter more fully described and finally embodied in theclauses of the claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective Viewof my improved fender, arranged on a car, (only a portion of the latterbeing shown.) Fig. 2 is a central section through the same, and Fig 3 anenlarged detail view of a certain locking device used in connection withsaid improved fender.

In said drawings 0, represents the car; 17, the platform and c thedash-board. The latter is provided with two sets of hooks or guide rods6, adapted to be engaged by the eyes or loops 25 forming a portion ofthe uprights f, which latter are connected by the cross rods m and h, asclearly shown. To the cross rod h is pivotally secured a slightlydiverging U shaped frame vi, the front portion of which is padded as atk. To the side portions of said U-shaped frame are pivoted as at afolding links a 0, the other ends of which are fulcrumed on the crossrod m. The links 17. 0 on each side of the frame are connected by astiffening rod 19 as clearly shown. The netting q is secured to thecross rod m and to the padded portion of the U-shaped frame 1. by meansof spiral springs r and to the side links 0 and n by means of cords orropes s.

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Between the upright rodsfand secured to the cross rods m and h is abrace g, provided at or near its lower end with a grooved collar g'adapted to be engaged by theforked end of lever 11, extending through aslot in the dash-board and pivoted at about its middle to a horizontallyarranged pin or axle b The free arm of said lever is adapted to beengaged by the hooked end portion of lever (9 pivoted at 5 and normallyheld in position by spring 19 all as shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

When the fender is not used for instance when the car is stored in thestable, said fender is folded together, until the padded portion is ofthe U-shaped frame rests against the dash-board, to which it may besecured in any desired manner.

When in usethe fender occupies the position illustrated in Fig. 1 andalso in full lines in Fig. 2.

Should a person, animal or other obstacle be on the track, when the caris running, the motorman releases the lever 12 by merely pressing thespring controlled lever b to one side, and the whole fender by its ownweight is lowered so as to almost touch the track.

The object (person, animal or other obstacle) on the track is hit by thepadded portion It, and the velocity of the car causes it to fall intothe netting, which, upon receiving the weight of the same will partlycollapse (by means of the link connections or and o) and thus hold theobject securely until the car comes to a stand-still, when the objectmay be easily removed, the fender readjusted and the car proceeds on itsway.

If the car is to start running in an opposite direction, the fender isremoved by simply being lifted until the eyes t disengage to hooks orrods 6 and it is then placed on the dashboard at the other end of thecar, hooks also being provided on that dash-board similar to thosedescribed above.

I do not intend to limit myself to the precise construction shown anddescribed as various alterations can be made without changing the scopeof my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A car fender combining therein a Vertical frame, a substantiallyU-shaped frame pivoted to and extending forward from the lower portionof said vertical frame, folding links extending between the forwardportion of the U-shaped frame and the upper portion of the verticalframe, a netting arranged between said U-shaped frame, the links and theupper portion of the vertical frame, springs connecting the netting withthe vertical frame and the U-shaped frame, short cables connecting thenetting with the links, and means for removably securing the verticalframe to either end of a car, all said parts substantially as and forthe purposes described.

2. The combination with the dashboard having vertically disposed hookson its front side, of a fender provided on its rear side withhorizontally disposed eyes adapted to engage over the hooks on thedashboard, and means for raising and lowering the fender.

3. The combination with the car platform, and the dashboard, of a fenderremovably mounted on the dashboard and having a central brace providedwith a grooved collar near its lower end, a lever pivoted on theplatform and having a forked end engaging said collar, and a latchmounted on the platform and engaging the rear end of the lever to holdthe same normally depressed.

at. A fender comprising a vertical frame adapted to be raised andlowered, a U -shaped frame pivoted to and extending forward from thelower portion of the vertical frame and having its front portion padded,folding links extending between the upper end of the vertical frame andthe front end of the U-shaped frame, a brace connecting said links, anda yielding netting connected to the links, the vertical frame and theU-shaped frame.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this10th day of April, 1894.

GEORGE W. OAKLEY.

lVitnesses:

ALFRED GARTNER, WM. D. BELL.

